Social Security Benefits: British Nationals Abroad

Liam Byrne: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people living outside the UK receive non-contributory benefits; and what the total monetary value of those benefits is estimated to be in each of the next three years.

Mark Hoban: holding answer 19 October 2012
	The available information is in the following tables:
	
		
			 2011-12 
			  Caseload 
			 Attendance Allowance (August 2011) 1,090 
			 Carers Allowance 230 
			 Disability Living Allowance 4,210 
			 Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit 6,500 
			 Severe Disablement Allowance 470 
			 State Pension Category D 520 
			 Winter Fuel Payments (2011-12) 74,685 
		
	
	
		
			  2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 
			 Expenditure, nominal (£ million)    
			 Attendance Allowance 83 131 185 
			 Carers Allowance 1 1 1 
			 Disability Living Allowance 12 13 12 
			 Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit 13 13 13 
			 Severe Disablement Allowance 2 2 0 
			 State Pension Category D n/a n/a n/a 
			 Winter Fuel Payments 12 12 12 
			 Total 123 171 223 
			     
			 Expenditure, 2012-13 prices (£ million)    
			 Attendance Allowance 83 128 176 
			 Carers Allowance 1 1 1 
			 Disability Living Allowance 12 12 12 
			 Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit 13 13 12 
			 Severe Disablement Allowance 2 2 0 
			 State Pension Category D n/a n/a n/a 
		
	
	
		
			 Winter Fuel Payments 12 12 11 
			 Total 123 167 213 
			 Notes: 1. Caseload data reflect position as at February 2012 unless otherwise stated. 2. AA expenditure is forecast to increase due to the July 2011 ruling about exportability of benefits to EEA and Switzerland. 3. State pension Category D spending for overseas claimants is not separately identified in the forecasts. 4. Figures may include a very small amount of expenditure where the claimant's residence is not known. 5. Benefit expenditure data, including overseas figures, can be found on the DWP website at: http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd4/index.php?page=expenditure Source: Statistical and accounting data